Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that ...

For 60,000 years, the tribes of the Andaman Islands have lived undisturbed – but now their way of life is under threat ...

T he world’s oldest mine has been discovered in southern Africa by bombarding ancient materials with neutrons inside the ...

Now, thanks to modern scientific techniques and technology, researchers can accurately reconstruct what those people actually looked like, helping to bring long-dead people from history back to life.

This is one person's ultimate Ireland bucket list - from the surf up North to going on a ghost hunt. What would be on your ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.

Quincy Jones, the musician-producer whose work was on several of the biggest pop LPs of the century, has died at 91.

But at the same time, there’s real care put into the storytelling to reward players that have stuck with the series — tons of little details and lore to consume, mixed in with Dragon Age’s well ...